'D' keeps Comets perfect

SALEM — Crater used high-pressure defense and a big third quarter to down McKay, 66-39, and keep its perfect season alive in a nonleague battle between two girls basketball teams off to fast starts.

SALEM — Crater used high-pressure defense and a big third quarter to down McKay, 66-39, and keep its perfect season alive in a nonleague battle between two girls basketball teams off to fast starts.

The Comets (8-0) forced 26 turnovers by McKay (6-2) and used a 22-11 run in the third to seize a 53-36 lead. Junior post Courtney Setzer had 20 points, nine rebounds and three steals to lead Crater, sophomore guard Cheyenne Scott added 10 points, four assists and four steals and sophomore post Destiny Fahndrich contributed seven points and seven boards.

Crater struggled from the 3-point line (4 of 22) and free-throw line (14 of 27) but made up for it by hitting 20 of 32 field goals from inside the arc.

NORTH VALLEY 41, NORTH BEND 33 — At North Bend, Kala Mohr had 10 points, 15 rebounds, four steals and four assists and hit two clutch shots down the stretch to help North Valley pull out the nonconference win.

Lexi Pittman added seven points, 11 boards and five steals and Alexis Scott 10 points and five steals for the Knights (3-2), who used a zone defense to hold North Bend (1-4) to a single point in the fourth quarter.

PAISLEY 31, PROSPECT 28 — At Prospect, senior forward Halee Hedgpeth put together a solid all-around game with seven points, seven rebounds and four assists but it wasn't enough to get Prospect in the win column in the Mountain Valley League opener.